An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

Joseph and Victor Stanzel were Texas farm boys who built a model aircraft empire.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.